On Friday at the Portage Theater, rising local rapper Duffle Bag Buru plays a big summer showcase for Lyrical Lemonade, a powerful voice for the newest wave of Chicago hip-hop.
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With his new GSPL, Phoelix may stop being one of Chicago hip-hop’s best-kept secrets
Phoelix coproduced two of the best Chicago hip-hop releases of 2016, but he saved plenty of magic for his own new debut EP.
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West-side rapper ZMoney refines his effortless cool on the new album Heroin Bag
Zmoney sounds just as larger-than-life on the new “Getn Rich” as he did when he broke out in 2013.
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Chicago producer Thelonious Martin celebrates his hero on A Dozen for Dilla
Thelonious Martin drops a collection of instrumentals to celebrate the life of peerless producer J Dilla.
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Chicago rapper Ju tips his hat to pop-punk’s recent past on his newest singles
Ju samples a well-known Blink-182 bass line on one track and references Fall Out Boy on another.
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Chicago producer Nasim Williams on his new track with Cam’ron and the mentor who made him a musician
Today Nasim Williams drops “Want It All,” a collaboration with L’s, Ly-key on the Beat, and Cam’ron.
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Producer Harry Fraud helps east-side rapper G Herbo burn brighter on ‘Don’t Forget It’
G Herbo raps on “Don’t Forget It,” one of the best tracks on Harry Fraud’s new Rogues Vol. 2.
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The best overlooked Chicago hip-hop of 2016
Chicago hip-hop had such a great year that even avid fans probably missed some fantastic new music—and these five releases definitely got less love than they deserved.
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L.A. VanGogh helps his rapper pals help him on the new EP Friends First
Chicago rapper L.A. VanGogh pulls in collaborators from different cliques, and it works to everyone’s benefit.
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Rapper Kembe X returns to town behind the ferocious single ‘Squad Day’
In June rumors spread that Kembe X had signed with TDE—and even though he didn’t, you should still listen to his new album, Talk Back.
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Rising local rapper Jayaire Woods introduces himself better than anyone else could on ‘PSA’
On Tuesday, Bellwood rapper Jayaire Woods dropped his first mixtape since signing to Atlanta indie label Quality Control, and he quickly establishes himself on his own terms.
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Rhymefest uses recordings of his ridiculous treatment by Chicago police on ‘Cops N Robbers’
After Rhymefest was robbed last weekend, the police responded to his report of the crime with apathy—and it’s all in his new song.
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MC Tree deftly delivers lyrical body blows on ‘All Dat’
Tree’s new collaborative EP with producer IBCLASSIC brings you into the rapper’s world—but it’s not always a pleasant place to be.
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Dividing Chicago hip-hop into ‘Chance and friends’ and ‘the drill scene’ insults its richness and variety
Stereogum’s recent survey of Chicago hip-hop gets a lot of things wrong, but it also serves as a reminder of how much there is to discover here.
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Dreezy could take tips from Sharkula on dealing with tracks that feel their length
Dreezy doesn’t always win her fight with the major-label bloat of her debut studio album, but Sharkula knows how to rock a too-long song.